Photographers captured Saatchi squeezing Lawson’s throat, tweaking her nose and pushing her face at a posh London restaurant June 9. Following a report in Sunday People this past weekend, Saatchi turned himself in to police and accepted a formal caution. Under British law, a caution carries carries no penalty, but it can be used as evidence of bad character in future legal proceedings.

The magazine cover of Sunday People that shows Nigella Lawson allegedly being choked by the hands of husband Charles Saatchi while at lunch in a London restaurant on June 9, 2013.

Saatchi told The London Evening Standard, where he is a columnist, that “although Nigella made no complaint” he voluntarily went to the police and accepted the caution.

He also claimed photographers had captured “a playful tiff” and that he “held Nigella’s neck repeatedly while attempting to emphasize my point,” which seems like an implausible explanation, to say the least.

Lawson was also reportedly seen crying in the street after the incident.

See? Just a playful tiff!

Lawson has so far not made any comment about the altercation but has left the family home with her children for the time being. Lawson and Saatchi, together for 10 years, both have children from previous marriages.